Japanese Antiques

Add Feel & Life To Your Home

Decorating your home is a great idea and does not only mean painting the walls or moving the furniture. It can be picking some furniture, antique, colors, accessories or flooring to adorn your home or office. You want your room to portray a sense of comfort, relaxation, style or happiness. Antiques are a way to add some feeling to your home. There are endless possibilities to decorate your home with antiques and starting with the Japanese Antiques  is one such way.

Each piece of Japanese Antique holds a unique and fascinating story behind it. Buying such an item will always be an attractive option for an antique collector or for anyone that is interested to posses something special.

Japanese Antiques being quite afffordable, portray high standard of workmanship and artistry. The art-de-facts from old Japan provide you with a thing or the other to decorate your room, some space or a setting in your home or office.

You will surely find something to cherish from a range of fine and authentic Japanese Antiques or folk and art craft of Japan to decorate your home or office.

Some favorite Japanese Antiques that can interest you are:

 Mokugyo-Wooden Temple Gong: This is an old time favorite Japanese Antique that comes in the form of a lacquered wooden temple gong made of hollow cypress wood (hinoki) in shape of a fish. Used in the Buddhist temples, this is struck with a padded club. Fish is an important symbol in Zen Buddhism depicting alertness and awareness.

This Japanese Antique is very Zen and dates to probably the Showa or Taisho period.

The Inscribed Ainu Bear is another Japanese Antique and holds a special significance in Ainu rituals and spiritual beliefs. The carved Ainu Bear dates to 1970’s.

The Satsuma Figures and Statues are rare Japanese Antiques that are highly sought after art items as they are seldom seen in the Japanese Antique markets. Made over 300 years ago, these items feature people of that era. Decorated with enamel paint on their intricate clothing designs, these figures portray the essence with which the artists had tried to show a favorable look and extra dimension.These standing figured Japanese Antiques are often shown to hold items like plants, flowers, baskets or fans.

The Satsuma Vases and Pottery can also be included in the best lot of Japanese Antique collections. Lavishly adorned with colorful images of the Japanese life, plants, flowers, society or animals, they try to throw light on the glorious and historical side of Japan and form great collector’s items. Move on to Satsuma pottery---->>

The Choba Tansu or the Merchant Chest is yet another Japanese Antique and is favored by the antique collectors through out the world. Dating back to the 1880’s, this creation can be seen in Sugi, Hinoki or Kiri wood. More on Tansu Japanese Antique chests---->>

The Samurai Dolls are beautifully handcrafted Japanese Antiques holding an all time favorite place as antique items. Dating back to 1890’s, these Japanese Antique dolls are high priced when they come with a letter of authenticity.

You can buy Japanese Antiques through an antique dealer online. It is always good to ask the dealer a letter of authenticity along with your prized purchase to prove that it is an antique and not an imitation.